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A textbook for civil liability courses that focus on police issues, or a tutorial for police administrators, who Kappeler says can no longer be effective without a basic understanding of the principles of civil liability. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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• Preface(p. vii)
• Acknowledgments(p. ix)
• 1 The Scope and Impact of Police Civil Liability(p. 1)
• The Incidence of Civil Suit(p. 3)
• Police Fear of Litigation(p. 5)
• The Cost of Civil Liability(p. 8)
• The Benefit of Civil Liability(p. 11)
• The Process of Civil Litigation(p. 12)
• Summary(p. 14)
• 2 The Fundamentals of State Tort Law(p. 17)
• Police Liability and State Tort Law(p. 17)
• Historical Barriers and Defenses to Police Liability(p. 28)
• Summary(p. 33)
• 3 The Fundamentals of Federal Liability Law(p. 35)
• The Civil Rights Act of 1871(p. 35)
• Municipal Liability under Section 1983(p. 45)
• Administrative Negligence and Deliberate Indifference(p. 52)
• Municipal Liability for Failure to Train(p. 54)
• Defenses to Section 1983 Lawsuits(p. 60)
• Summary(p. 64)
• 4 Civil Liability for Police Use of Excessive Force(p. 65)
• Excessive, Deadly, and Nondeadly Force(p. 66)
• State and Federal Claims(p. 67)
• Federal Standards Governing the Use of Deadly Force(p. 71)
• Standards Governing the Use of Nondeadly Force(p. 76)
• Liability for Indirect Excessive Force(p. 78)
• Summary(p. 80)
• 5 Police Civil Liability for High-Risk Drug Enforcement Operatons(p. 81)
• Search and Seizure Law in Drug Operations(p. 82)
• Drug Detection and Probable Cause(p. 98)
• Summary(p. 105)
• 6 Police Liability for Abandoning Citizens in Dangerous Places and Situations(p. 107)
• Governmental Liability for Third-Party Criminal Victimization(p. 108)
• Abandoning Vehicle Occupants and Qualified Immunity(p. 110)
• Abandoning Children and Severity of Injury(p. 113)
• Abandoning Assault Victims and Knowledge of Impending Victimization(p. 115)
• Case Analysis(p. 117)
• Summary(p. 119)
• 7 Legal Issues in Police Negligent Operation of Vehicles in Emergency Situations(p. 121)
• Statutory Immunities(p. 122)
• Negligence Principles and Police Pursuit(p. 125)
• Defenses to Negligent Operation(p. 134)
• Summary(p. 135)
• 8 Police Civil Liability for Failure to Arrest Intoxicated Drivers(p. 137)
• Traditional Barriers to Liability(p. 138)
• The Public Duty Doctrine(p. 144)
• Special Relationship(p. 148)
• Summary(p. 153)
• 9 The Liability of Traffic Officers: Negligence at Accident Scenes(p. 155)
• The Duty to Warn and Protect(p. 155)
• The Duty to Render Assistance(p. 160)
• The Duty to Investigate Accidents(p. 163)
• The Duty to Secure Accident Scenes(p. 166)
• Summary(p. 168)
• 10 Police Liability for Failure to Prevent Detainee Suicide(p. 171)
• The Framework of Negligence Litigation(p. 172)
• The Special Duty of Care(p. 173)
• Police Conduct and Breach of Duty(p. 178)
• Defenses to Detainee Suicide(p. 186)
• Summary(p. 187)
• 11 Shifting Conceptions of Police Civil Liability and Law Enforcement(p. 189)
• Legal Assumptions and Police Civil Liability(p. 190)
• Implications for the Future Police Executive(p. 199)
• References(p. 203)
• Cases(p. 207)
• Index(p. 215)